The owner of Waco, Texas-based glass company Rocket Glass and Mirror pled guilty to tax fraud and making false statements to the government.
Sixty-two-year-old Douglas Lynn Lyon admitted to filing false tax returns and underreporting his business income from 2006-2012. Thursday, February 26, Lyon entered his guilty plea, and his sentencing was set for April 22 in the Western District of Texas.
According to court documents, “Lyon used generic invoices he obtained from an office supply store [more]

At the beginning of February, the plan administrator for Dlubak Corp.’s ongoing bankruptcy case asked for a third extension of post confirmation deadlines, a motion that was granted by the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Ten days after the extension, a complaint was filed against the Dlubaks “to avoid and recover fraudulent transfers.”
On February 2, the plan administrator, Lawrence C. Bolla, requested the deadline for “claims objections, adversary proceedings, contested [more]

Looking for a glass fabricator? The new Find a Fabricator tool on USGlass magazine’s website can help. The tool, which complements the Second Annual Guide to Fabricated Glass in the February issue, was the focus of this month’s newscast. Watch the video to learn more about it and how it can help you with your next fabricator search.
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At least six people have fallen through skylights in New England this past week as a result of snow-covered rooftops—the most recent accident happening Tuesday in Westwood, Mass.
A 17-year-old fell more than 25 feet after stepping on a skylight while helping shovel snow off of a store warehouse. The teen suffered serious injuries and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Boston, according to multiple reports.
The skylight fall comes two days after a worker [more]

The New England area has gotten pounded with snow the past couple weeks, and it’s not only the roads that have succumbed to accidents. There has been an alarming number of incidents involving skylights in the past week alone—and at least one fatality, according to various police and media reports.
Last Wednesday, a mechanical worker fell through a skylight at a mall in Auburn, Maine, sustaining serious injuries. That same day, a custodian at a high [more]

Two new Window Product Category Rules (PCRs) developed by a handful of industry associations are now available for review and public comment. Monday, the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) announced the release of a draft of the PCRs, which are being established by IGMA, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association, the Glass Association of North America and the Window and Door Manufacturers of Association.
One PCR is cradle-to-grave-based for a business-to-consumer environmental product declaration (EPD), covering only [more]

Flat glass prices dipped slightly in January, decreasing 0.1 percent after a big jump of 1.8 percent in December, according to the latest Producer Price Index Report (PPI) issued by the U.S. Labor Department.
The PPI program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products [more]

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